Historical Figures

Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Abolition

by Kevin R. C. Gutzman

The Jeffersonians chronicles the lives, policy initiatives, and critical decisions of…
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Running Before the Wind

by Buddy Levy

Empire of Ice and Stone is the true, harrowing story…
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The Code That Captured Anne Boleyn

by Sarah Gristwood

Anne Boleyn has been seen as everything from a femme fatale to a…
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Bound by the Name

by Natalie Livingstone

The more I investigated, the more I was astounded by the range and…
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Not the Mother: The Relationship Between the Lindberghs and Betty Gow

by Mariah Fredericks

The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. shocked the world in 1932. Mariah Fredericks,…
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Leopold and Loeb: The Original Crime of the Century

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

A grim, glowering fortress loomed in the darkness, bathed in…
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Eliot Ness’s Second Act: Murder, Mayhem…and a Dancing Grandfather

by Daniel Stashower

You helped bring down Al Capone before you turned thirty. What do you…
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The Last of His Tribe

by Tom Clavin

August 29th is the anniversary of the discovery of Ishi. No, this is…
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The Shootist

by Tom Clavin

Annie Oakley is one of those Wild West figures whose name is familiar…
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Wild Bill: Baseball and Deadwood

by Tom Clavin

There are two reasons to write about James Butler Hickok right now. One…
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Historical Figures

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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